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Max Mallow

Mohamed Salah Sets Premier League Opening Day Record Extending Outrageous Statistic

Mohamed Salah is the most prolific scorer in Premier League opening season fixtures. | Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images

Liverpool star player Mohamed Salah became the first player in Premier League history to reach double-digit goals in opening day fixtures with a late second-half strike against Bournemouth.

The Egyptian star looked like he would blank on the opening day after going 94 minutes without finding the back of the net. Just six minutes after Federico Chiesa rescued Liverpool from a second-half collapse, Salah put the game out of reach with his 187th league goal, good for joint-fourth all-time alongside Manchester United legend Andy Cole.

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